Sunday, August 5, 2007

Hey!

Hi,
Sry I haven't posted in a while. Yesterday Adam had a paintball party (only two people could come, Holt and Kevin. LOL) and I was working with Valley. Dad was trying to let him put the fly spray on, it didn't go to well. I tried, but I didn't do much, I was just having fun. I TRIED to get her to go swimming with her, but it didn't work, I was REALLY wet though (cause I actually got IN the water to see if she would follow, but of course she didn't)! LOL.
I ending going swimming with the boys and dad. I wish I had my swim suit on when I was with Valley. LOL. I keep saying LOL a lot. LOL. There I go again, LOL. Sry.

I'm listnening to the song I Want A Hippo For Christmas. It's real funny, Ya'll should hear it if you haven't before.

I almost posted this blog without saying about when the farrier came! Silly me.
OK. This past Wednesday, the farrier ,Mike Ward, came to shoe Valley and Chloe. Chloe went first. She did pretty good. The bull (Bucket Head a.k.a. Bully) came over and started sniffing Mike's head when he was bending over doing Chloe's hoofs. LOL (there I go again). When it was VALLEY'S turn, it was a little different. I think this was probably her 2nd or 3rd time to ever be shoed, I'm not sure, but she kept acting up, so the farrier took over and starting working with her to get Valley's respect. He ended up doing the last hoof with Valley's leadrope over her back, with NOBODY holding her!
When we let the two horses go, I moved out of the way cause I expected Valley to go running and kick, but instead, she came to me! LOL (darn! sry, I shouldn't have said that. Please forgive me) then she went over to the gate the OPPISITE direciton of the barn! She didn't start running until Chloe went into a canter up to the barn! That's what I thought Valley would do, and Chloe would follow her at the same gait, or walk up to the barn. LOL. Well, It't time for me to go to bed, GOODNIGHT!!

Love,
Sarah

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

The computer won't let me vote, but I would prefer a horse 4-7...

Sarah said...

ok, i changed my vote to that

Anonymous said...

yeah, i thought eight to thriteen was kinda old for a horse.

Anonymous said...

I chose 4-7

Sarah said...

Who is Billy?

A canter is a cure for every evil.
~Benjamin Disraeli

Valley Likes:

  • Apples
  • Attention
  • Carrots
  • Celery
  • Company
  • Grain
  • Grass
  • Having her ears scratched
  • Hay
  • Swimming across the lake to visit her horsey neighbors
  • Wide open space to run and buck :)
No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle. ~Winston Churchill

Valley Dislikes:

  • being locked in the back pasture
  • being away from my other horse, Mississippi
  • being ridden
  • Having to stand still
  • anything I want her to do
  • being ridden in a direction that is not towards the neighbors horses or the barn
  • The 'Jolly Ball' I bought her. Lol
  • Being tied up without food to eat
  • Having her hoofs picked (although, she cooperates)
  • lunging
  • Taking worm medicene
In riding a horse we borrow freedom.
~Helen Thomson

Things That Valley Does...

  • bites sometimes..
  • bucks
  • swims through lake to get out of pasture to visit horsey neighbors
  • chase my dog
  • anythin to be stubborn. She likes being stubborn.
  • Gallop and buck when I put her back in the pasture after she's been out for a while
  • Licks my hands
  • Tries to eat grass while I'm leading her
I bless the hoss from hoof to head -From head to hoof, and tale to mane! -I bless the hoss, as I have said,From head to hoof, and back again!
~James Whitcomb Riley


A lovely horse is always an experience.... It is an emotional experience of the kind that is spoiled by words. ~Beryl Markham

The horses paw and prance and neigh,Fillies and colts like kittens play,And dance and toss their rippled manesShining and soft as silken skeins;...~Oliver Wendell Holmes

Names I Call Valley (in order of what I call her most)

  • Valley
  • Vales
  • Silly Goose

Our first day!!

Our first day!!
Adam, Valley, Me